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Monolingual and multilingual teacher candidates: A critical language‐related events analysis

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines critical language‐related events (CLREs) experienced by 28 teacher candidates (TCs) from various content areas at a US Hispanic‐serving institution, employing a critical reflection framework. Through narrative inquiry, it examines how these events shape TCs’ worldviews and behaviors about language use, language learning ...
Daniela Silva
wiley   +1 more source

Racing whiteness in Asian bodies: The influence of American conservatism on Singaporean anti‐colonial nationalism

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Abstract In contemporary Singaporean sociopolitical discourse, comparisons with the West—particularly the USA and the UK—have become pervasive across a wide range of critical social issues. These comparisons often serve to reinforce the political positions of the Singaporean state by contrasting them with perceived shortcomings in the Western world ...
Wee Yang Gelles‐Soh
wiley   +1 more source

Provocative Vocatives: Slurs as Expressives

open access: yesPhilosophical Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fifty years ago, Zwicky demonstrated the slur‐neutral counterpart vocative divergence thesis (SNCVD):Slurs occur freely as vocatives. Neutral counterparts do not. In this article, I craft a novel problem for theories of slurs. The Vocatives Problem is the challenge to explain the SNCVD. I argue that there are two strong solutions.
Robin Jeshion
wiley   +1 more source

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